Features and labeling: Label-driven movement
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Aleksandra Vercauteren
Abstract
In this paper I explore the consequences for movement of the Labeling Algorithm as proposed by Chomsky (2013) in combination with a cartographic approach to syntax. With the Labeling Algorithm, agreement is a prerequisite for halting, in the sense that agreement is necessary for a syntactic object obtained by XP-YP merge to be labeled. I argue that a cartographic hierarchy of the clause provides the necessary halting places for several XP movement operations, since they provide the necessary functional heads for labeling through agreement. The cartographic approach also benefits from a theory with the Labeling Algorithm, as it permits us to maintain that there is a universal highly articulated hierarchy of strictly ordered functional heads, while allowing for cross-linguistic variation in word order patterns and optional movement operations: the functional projections are only exploited when movement occurs, they (or features on them) do not trigger movement themselves.
Abstract
In this paper I explore the consequences for movement of the Labeling Algorithm as proposed by Chomsky (2013) in combination with a cartographic approach to syntax. With the Labeling Algorithm, agreement is a prerequisite for halting, in the sense that agreement is necessary for a syntactic object obtained by XP-YP merge to be labeled. I argue that a cartographic hierarchy of the clause provides the necessary halting places for several XP movement operations, since they provide the necessary functional heads for labeling through agreement. The cartographic approach also benefits from a theory with the Labeling Algorithm, as it permits us to maintain that there is a universal highly articulated hierarchy of strictly ordered functional heads, while allowing for cross-linguistic variation in word order patterns and optional movement operations: the functional projections are only exploited when movement occurs, they (or features on them) do not trigger movement themselves.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- Merge, labeling and their interactions 17
- Merge(X,Y) = {X,Y} 47
- Features and labeling: Label-driven movement 69
- Labeling and other syntactic operations 91
- Is Transfer strong enough to affect labels? 117
- Clausal arguments as syntactic satellites: A reappraisal 127
- A labelling-based account of the Head-Final Filter 161
- The structural configurations of root categorization 203
- How Unlabelled Nodes work: Morphological derivations and the subcomponents of UG operations 233
- Exocentric root declaratives: Evidence from V2 263
- Index 291
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- Merge, labeling and their interactions 17
- Merge(X,Y) = {X,Y} 47
- Features and labeling: Label-driven movement 69
- Labeling and other syntactic operations 91
- Is Transfer strong enough to affect labels? 117
- Clausal arguments as syntactic satellites: A reappraisal 127
- A labelling-based account of the Head-Final Filter 161
- The structural configurations of root categorization 203
- How Unlabelled Nodes work: Morphological derivations and the subcomponents of UG operations 233
- Exocentric root declaratives: Evidence from V2 263
- Index 291
